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Berdell Leroy Kinsley

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Birth	:	18 Oct 1925 Murdo, Jones County, South Dakota, USA
Death	:	11 Apr 2005 Tyndall, Bon Homme County, South Dakota, USA
Burial	:	Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Bon Homme County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.8732986, -97.9132996
Description	:	Berdell L. Kinsley, 79, of Springfield died Monday, April 11, 2005, at St. Michael's Hospital in Tyndall. Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 15, 2005, at the United Church of Christ in Springfield. Inurnment will be at the Springfield Cemetery with military honors. Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Home of Springfield is in charge of the arrangements. Berdell Leroy Kinsley, son of Dell and Bernice (Figert) Kinsley, was born October 18, 1925, at Murdo, SD. He died Monday, April 11, 2005, at St. Michael's Hospital in Tyndall, SD, after a courageous battle with cancer. Berdell attained the age of... Read More	Berdell L. Kinsley, 79, of Springfield died Monday, April 11, 2005, at St. Michael's Hospital in Tyndall. Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Friday, April 15, 2005, at the United Church of Christ in Springfield. Inurnment will be at the Springfield Cemetery with military honors. Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Home of Springfield is in charge of the arrangements. Berdell Leroy Kinsley, son of Dell and Bernice (Figert) Kinsley, was born October 18, 1925, at Murdo, SD. He died Monday, April 11, 2005, at St. Michael's Hospital in Tyndall, SD, after a courageous battle with cancer. Berdell attained the age of 79 years, five months and 24 days. Berdell attended rural Highland School near Murdo. The family later moved to a farm near Mission, SD, where he graduated from high school in 1943. Berdell enlisted immediately in the U.S. Navy and was honorably discharged in April of 1946. Berdell met his wife-to-be, Agnes Klemme, at Southern State College in Springfield, where they both graduated with degrees in education, soon after their marriage in May of 1949. They taught in various schools instate, including He Dog Indian School, Fort Thompson, and Lower Brule. They continued with the BIA in Alaska at the isolated Eskimo villages of Eek and Kalskag, where the the family raised their own Huskies for winter travel. After five years in Alaska, they returned to South Dakota, teaching first at Oglala on the Pine Ridge Reservation and eventually in Todd County, where they remained in education until retiring in 1989. They moved to Springfield in 1991. Agnes died January 20, 1998. Berdell remarried in March of 1999 to Maxine Schuurmans and they built a home together in Springfield, which they have shared for six years. Grateful for sharing his life are wife, Maxine; his children: Lesley (Ron) Gebhart of Fairbanks, AK, Deborah (Jim) Lauer of Ainsworth, NE, and Kermit (Virginia Kinsley of Orange, TX; grandchildren: Libby and Nick Gebhart, Alissa Lauer Johnson, Jason Lauer, Megan (Ryan) Lauer Killion, Aaron Lauer, and Melissa and Justin Kinsley; and three great grandchildren. Berdell is remembered with love as well by sisters: Wanda (Ted)Schubauer of Valentine, NE and Edith (Calvin) Neiss of Rapid City; and brother-in-law, Leverne (Lavonne) Klemme of Akron, IA; sisters-in-law: Lulda Klemme Abrahamson of Akron, IA and Marge (Norman) Flados of Harlingen, TX; and numerous nieces and nephews. Berdell will be missed as well by the acquired extended Schuurmans family: Jim (Vicki) Schuurmans, Bernie (Terri) Schuurmans, Kay (Larry) Mehlhaff, Rick (Carol) Schuurmans, Jane Clem and Tom (Beth) Schuurmans and their families. Berdell was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Agnes, and three sisters: Mavis Kinsley Wiedman, Mildred Kinsley Davenport, and Antha Kinsley Furry.

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Berdell Leroy Kinsley's memorial is located at: Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Bon Homme County, USA.
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Berdell Leroy Kinsley death on 11 Apr 2005 in Tyndall, Bon Homme County, South Dakota, USA
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Latitude: 42.8732986
Longitude: -97.9132996

Family Members:

Parent

Dell Kinsley

(1893 - 1973)

Bernice Irene Figert Kinsley

(1894 - 1967)

Spouse

Agnes K. Klemme Kinsley

(1928 - 1998)

(unknow - unknow)

Siblings

Mildred Arlene Kinsley Davenport

(1919 - 1954)

Antha Marie Kinsley Furrey

(1921 - 1963)

Wanda Lee Kinsley Schubauer

(1937 - 2021)

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